The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-06-30

querade is stripped from thelr faces
and shoulders, and they are held up to
public reprobation as the malefactors
in society they really are. They are
the men who make anarchists
1t is understood in administration
circles that conference will be held
shortly with q number of the party
managers in order to finally settle up
on the expediency of a session of Con-
gress in advance Of the regular day,
and to determine upon defined pol
icy upon economic questions, notably
the tariff. 1t is also stated that Speak
er Carlisle will be here very soon and
that his visit will have particular ref
erences to these subjects There is
ever indication that the president has
made up his mind that the only course
to pursue will be an aggressive one on
the tariff and other questions Of a
national character AS preliminary
to that he desires to secure in advance
the cooperation of the leaders of his
party.
The elder Breckenridge, who will be
the chairman OF the committee on
ways and means under the next
Speakership OF Mr. Carlisle, which
now seems a certainty, before his de-
parture after the adjournment Of
Congress urged upon the President
the necessity Of some pronounced ac-
ton on the tariff and strongly favored
an administration measure formulat-
ing a tariff scheme which would rep
resent or approximate the views OF
the somewhat divergent party mana
gers.
1t is we'll understood that the neces-
sity OF an administration tariff policy
is now fully admitted. 1t only re-
mains to determine what shape it
shall take.
Pension Commissioner Black respon-
ded to the toast "The President of the
United States" at the same banquet at
which Senator Hiscock ranted about
the "exultation OF the statesmen and
generals of the rebellion" Another
difference between the two orators
was that General Blacks body bore
the scars of eleven wounds received in
battle while that of Senator IIiscock
bore none. To man who thinks for
himself these things have an obvious
interest.
The distruct between the Prohibi-
tionists and the republican party is
deepened by the refusal of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature to submit pro-
hibitory amendment to the vote OF
the people. In pursuing this course
the Bay State Republicans are follow.
ing in footsteps Of their brethren Of
New York, who made pledge for the
submission OF a coustitunal amend.
ment in 1888, but have continued
to break it ever since.
Cheap journalism is rapidly plant
ing itself in the South, The latest is
the Augusta(Ga.) Gazette, neatly
printed, newsy and progressive daily
published at S. per annum, with g
large quarto Sunday 81 additional
Cheap newspapers are now the edu
Gators of millions in the North, and the
wonderful growth of the South is bes
proved by the multiplied daily news
papers of that section furnished a
rates within reach of the masses.
The Philadelphia Record says this
So sudden and complete appears to bt
the collapse of the John Sherman
boom that Governor Foraker is al
ready stirred with the hope of sue
ceeding as the Ohio candidate for tht
Presidency. But since Ohio has ceas
ed to vote in October her power tC
dictate the Republican. nomination 70.
president has undergone a sensibl,
diminution,
General Drum, Adiutant.General o
the United states Army, who has beer
brought into some prominence by his
connection with the Confederate fla,
business, is stocky, determened look
ing man Of about sixty years of age
He is of medium hight and quite sol
dierly looking-that is, he looks hk
a well-trained and disciplined soldie
of the ranks or a sturdy non-commis
stoned officer. He is not at all dis
tingue in appearance.
A Macon mule has an artificia
throat. He was sick with something
; like laryngitis, and the veterinar
, , impossible for the animal to breath
! through his windpipe, a portion {
! the pipe was removed and a silve
) tube was inserted, and now the mul
breathes freely,
A girl doesn't have to play lawn tel
2 mis- very long before she learns ths
4 the most important part of a tenn